Search Tool: Prehistoric monuments within 2km of SX6050062700

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About the database: In all listings clicking on the photo will open a page for the site with a larger photo. The listings are drawn mainly from scientific journals and will not include the most recently discovered minor sites. There is comprehensive coverage of stone circles, stone rows and menhirs. Listings for cists and cairn circles should cover most of the better known sites. There are only partial entries for round cairns, settlements, pounds and none for reaves. For listings of specific types of monument click on Resources in the menu above. Corrections, or any feedback or suggestions are very welcome, email: info@dartmoorwalks.org.uk.

NOTE: Clicking on the icons for each monument in the map will give the name of the monument. Where icons overlap they are replaced with an icon with a number - zooming in may separate them out.

OS Map:SX 59827 62268NMR record:SX 56 SE 63HER record:2402Megalithic Portal:45617PMD:Penn Beacon 2Alternate name: Penn Beacon S.2 Platform Cairn CircleShortName: PC:Penn BeaconButler map: 52.14.2Grinsell: COR 4Turner: E7Notes: Turner E7. A tumulus with a retaining circle, in poor condition. Diameter 12m, height 0.5m. "A cairn, about forty feet in diameter, from which almost all the stones have been removed and the central cist destroyed. It was surrounded by a circle of upright stones from one to three feet high, and to the west a row of two pairs of stones." Nearby sites:SX59836227Distance: 0.8km

OS Map:SX 59523 62471NMR record:SX 56 SE 62HER record:2399Megalithic Portal:2077The Stone Rows of GB:Penn Beacon South WestPMD:Penn Beacon Cairn Stone RowAlternate name: Penn Beacon SW Stone RowShortName: SR:PennBeac SWDPD page: 61Notes: "A short double stone row 24ft. long and nearly 2ft. wide consisting of two pairs of stones on the southern slope of Penn Beacon. To the north end of the row there is a cairn approximately 52 feet in diameter and 6 foot high. It was excavated in 1872, a cist was discovered, though the capstone had collapsed at one end. Fragments of a wide mouthed jar were found and a slate implement, thought to be used for fashioning clay vessels". Lethbridge p.61 Penn Moor south double stone row and cairn - diagram p.59. See also: Bate's 1872 ReportNearby sites:SX59526247Distance: 1.01km

OS Map:SX 59835 63835NMR record:SX 56 SE 67HER record:12790Megalithic Portal:1250Alternate name: Shell Top Summit 3 Stone Ring Cairn Circle ShortName: RC:ShellTopSu3Butler map: 51.10.3Grinsell: COR 1aTurner: A44Notes: Turner A44. "a stone ring 20.5m overall diameter, comprising small, heather covered stones, 0.8m wide and 0.2m high. It lies on the broad level summit of shell top at 475m above sea level. There is a wide 3m wide gap on the north side and the interior is slightly domed, about 0.4m high, possibly a natural rise since it is off-centre. The term 'stone circle' is rather a mis-nomer since only half a dozen stones protrude from the turf and in appearance it is simply a low circular bank."Nearby sites:SX59846384Distance: 1.32km

OS Map:SX 58690 63517NMR record:SX 56 SE 35HER record:2411Megalithic Portal:45852Alternate name: Tory Brookhead 3 Chambered CairnShortName: CN:ToryBrook3Butler map: 51.7.3DPD page: 59Grinsell: SHA 39Notes: "A Bronze Age round cairn on a well drained south west facing slope. The cairn mound measures 26 metres by 24 metres and stands up to 1.2 metres high. The centre is much disturbed, with many hollows, up to 1m deep, which have been interpreted as chambers, but are most probably modern windbreak shelters. Two small satellite cairns lie immediately to the north west." Lethbridge suggests a chambered cairn, see photos Lethbridge p.59-60 Chambered Cairn - diagram p.59Nearby sites:SX58696352Distance: 1.99km

OS Map:SX 59473 63142NMR: No record found HER record:48897Megalithic Portal:36955The Stone Rows of GB:Shell Top South WestPMD:Shell Top Stone RowAlternate name: Shell Top SW Stone RowShortName: SR:ShellTop SWDPD page: 60Notes: Not listed in NMR. Discovered by Lethbridge in 1992. Butler Vol. 3 Map 51.9. Oval cairn at the higher end. Orientated just west of north and 73.5 m from the cairn is a massive fallen longstone 2.7 m long which is probably the terminal stone of the row. There are 31 of 47 original stones visible in the row, all but a few either flat or leaning. Lethbridge p.59-61 diagram p.59, 61.Nearby sites:SX59476314Distance: 1.12km

OS Map:SX 62000 63550NMR record:SX 66 SW 30HER record:4273Megalithic Portal:45575ShortName: ES:Yealm StepsNotes: "A fine example of enclosure and hut circles. Extensive prehistoric settlement area. Two villages contiguous, the larger pound a development of the smaller. Pound walls and those of huts consist of stone and turf. At least 22 huts within the enclosure. To the north and south of the pounds are scatters of isolated huts generally much larger than the enclosed huts. On the south there are remains of fields or paddocks. Rough moorland."Nearby sites:SX62006355Distance: 1.72km